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Minnehaha County
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en dak mníȟaȟa waterfall" or "rapids (dak mní ȟaȟa water curling 1) + English county.
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Proper noun
Minnehaha County
en One of 66 <<counties>> in <<s/South Dakota>>, <<c/USA>> Sioux Falls.
Related terms
Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis was independently (and tautologically) named from the same Dakota word.
Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis was named after the Minnehaha Falls within it.
Minnehaha Trail is named after the Minnehaha Park, which is at one end of it.
Minneapolis was named by blending the same Dakota word and Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”)
Minnehaha (the fictional woman in a Longfellow poem) was named after the Minneapolis waterfall.
References
Index of U.S. counties#M